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  1. Flyinfool
    Glad to hear that you and the wife are gonna be fine. Wisconsin has a LOT of deer too. I have done a lot of experimenting with deer whistles over the years. What I have found is that the deer walking across the road will hear the whistle and stop right in front of you. They hear the vehicle coming but that is a "normal" sound for them to be hearing along a road so they pay it no attention, the whistle is a new sound so they stop, right in the middle of the road, to check it out. The best deer mover that I have found is a VERY LOUD air horn to scare the crap out of them. If you scare them, they will run away first and figure out what it was later. I am also thinking of putting the same Fog lights on my bike as I have on my truck, they put most of the beam off to the sides to let me see those deer on the shoulder or coming across an open field long before they get near the road. Normal driving and passing lights do not do that nearly as well.
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    NOOooooo You do not want to add a pair of load resistors for the HID headlight on a bike. The 6 ohm load resistor will pull around 30 watts of power from a system that does not have much power to spare. It is fine on something like a car or truck that have huge alternators to supply lots of power. You will want to use some form of switched circuit either a simple on off switch or a relay that would be automatic. I am not yet fully decided which way I will go yet. I am a member of the KISS fan club so you be assured that I will find a simple and effective solution to share. The mods are not as hard as they sound. Now that I know what to do I could do it in less time than it took to do all of that typing. Just listen to the advice of those that have done it. It is worth the effort. And you know that we will help you thru any issues.
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    Is that still "legal" even if unwise in some places like CA.?
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    That may be true for the 2nd gens but on the 1st gen the headlight is actually switched off by a second set of contacts in the start button while cranking. I kind of like Brian's idea with the relays. Not difficult to implement, no chance of forgetting to turn it on, and will keep the light off while working on the bike in the back yard. I will post the final circuit one I have it all drawn up and prove to myself that it works good.
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    Now that I have been using this HID light for a while, here are a few more observations. 1. It is very bright. in daylight it makes road signs light up, and even the reflectors in the taillights of cars in front of me light up. and this is all on low beam. 2. Before this mod I always ran with the high beam on during daylight hours, no one ever flashed there brights at me. Now if I run with the high beam on in full daylight I get people flashing their brights. 3. I will need to either add a switch or headlight delay circuit to the HID. As it is set up now, when I turn on the key the Hid starts to light up, then I hit the start switch which turns off the headlight and the HID has to go thru the ignition process all over again. That cant be good for anything. so I will either add something to only turn on the headlight if the engine is actually running, or just add a switch so that I can turn the headlight off till after the engine is running. 4. While there is usable light within 10 seconds of the HID coming on, it takes a good minute or more to reach full brightness. I am open to ideas as to how to detect that the engine is actually running. I was thinking of something along the lines of a few turns of wire wrapped around the outside of a spark plug lead and then a circuit to sense voltage spikes of the sparks. But I am not sure of the circuit to do that.
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    Here is what I did with my trunk reflector. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=41588 I may be biased but I think it turned out great.
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    I hate when the wifey has a loose screw.... First thing I thought of was loctite also..... We must be a one track group... My mother went thru this with a broken leg. When they went back in because the plate was rubbing a tendon they just took all of the hardware out since the bone was now healed and the plates and screws were just to keep it all lined up for the bone to heal. Might be something to ask the doc about. Best of luck with every thing that need to be done.
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    You are right, they do not like chrome, aluminum, Stainless steel or anything else shiny or reflective. There are more expensive ones that have an adjustment to compensate for the emissivity of the surface that you are measuring. You also have to look at and understand the field of view diagram. if you get to more than a couple of inches from what you are measuring it will take an average of everything that it sees in its field of view. Remember that the laser pointer is about an inch above the center of the field of view, so when you are close to something you must take that into account. But Ya, they are fun to play with.
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    I just rode an hour in to work today at 55 mph speeds, the temp was 31° when I left the house. The only part of me that gets cold is my cheeks (no not those cheeks, the ones on my face:crackup:) I have a pair of blaze orange Gore-Tex, Thinsulate hunting gloves from Cabalas. I never felt a hint of cold on my hands this morning. These are the same gloves that keep my hands warm sitting out in my deer stand all day in sub zero temps. I will take a hike out to the parking lot later to see if there is a brand name on them anywhere. I have other "waterproof" Thinsulate gloves that do not do as good of a job as the Gore-Tex because they do not breath causing my hands to sweat and the moisture then nullifies the insulation. There are also some brands that have the insulation on the outside of the water barrier that allows the wind to blow thru the insulation robbing all of the stored heat. I tried a lot of pairs of gloves before I found this set that work great. The other Key thing to keeping your hands warm is to make sure that the rest of you is warm. If your body temp starts to drop even just a little bit, the body's first response is to reduce blood flow to the hands to conserve heat.
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    I agree with Dave There is no one correct lane position to cover every scenario. I tend to use the entire lane depending on traffic, (whether in my direction or oncoming), road condition, ambient light condition, type of road (city or rural or country), weather condition. You could write a book on all of the variables. But by using ALL of my lane and going back and forth as conditions change moment by moment, and yard by yard, the cagers must think I am nuts or impaired and tend to keep well clear of me. I have found that the more you weave in your lane the farther back they stay. Which is good, it means that they are watching my every move closely. I tend to give wider berth to dangers that I can see exist vs the dangers that MIGHT be there. For instance, if on a 2 lane I prefer to be in the left track to give the best chance of seeing the deer that might be there or the car pulling out of a blind drive type of thing, but as soon as there is an oncoming car, that presents a real and current danger as opposed to the possible danger of a deer, so I will move to the right track till it is safe to get back to the left track. Unless some other condition forces me, I will almost never ride in the left track with oncoming traffic, they are just to close and I see cars drift over the line way to often. Also when going around a left curve I see way to many bikes in the left track lean out over the center line even though their tires are still in the left track. It puts their face in a perfect position to find the side mirror on my truck.
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    I have never named inanimate lifeless objects. Sometimes I still call my other half "Hey woman"...... Sometime I still just call the dog, "dog" Maybe it is just because I have a hard time remembering names...
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    That is fantastic workmanship, especially for someone not in a related trade. It was not just many hours of work, it was many YEARS of work.
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    I know what the book says and I understand what octane is and does. BUT, I keep a gas log on every vehicle that I have ever owned where I record the mileage, the date, gallons put in, cost, brand and type of fuel. What my findings are after using 89 octane for one full year and then 93 octane for one full year, there is a measurable increase in gas mileage with the 93. The bike also runs noticeably smoother, especially at higher RPMs. I have also noticed that there is a huge difference between the modern reformulated crap gas that we have to burn around here, compared to getting real gas with no ethanol added that I can get when out of town. When running real gas, that is really what my engine was designed for, I do not see the difference between 89 and 93. I have noticed the same thing with my other vehicals with real gas vs reformulated. So depending on where you live and what designer gas you are forced to use will make a difference in how your bike runs on the gas you put in it. Take it for what is is worth, these are just my personal observations based on years worth of written data. depending on where you live your results will/may vary.
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    Even the old electric pumps for carbureted cars put out around 7psi. I don't know if the float valves would take that much pressure if the stock Yamaha pump is only 2.28psi max. You may need to add something like this fuel pressure regulator that can be adjusted from 1-6psi. [ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BWAPQ6/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00029JC6M&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0MV9EVM80RVJSHPSSK97]Amazon.com: Mr. Gasket 9710 Fuel Regulator: Automotive@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41P8VCD26ZL.@@AMEPARAM@@41P8VCD26ZL[/ame]
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    I have been having good results wearing my hunting gear that has either Gore-Tex or the Gander Mountain TechH2O. I have not been able to tell any difference in either breath ability or water and wind proofness between the Gore-Tex brand or the TechH2o brand. I can select from my hunting inventory the necessary amount of insulation based on the weather of the day. It means that depending on the weather, some times I am wearing Camo and some times Blaze Orange, or combination thereof.
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    At least you will be riding Have a nice pot of chili simmering on the stove for when you get back.
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    Following some of their advice WILL get you killed. In the one where the bus is coming into your lane ahead of you they recommend and immediate move to the left lane and not slow down. From the picture there is no way to know if the left lane is clear. A lane change without that knowledge is more risky than slowing down to get a safe following distance. I did 20/20 on the signs but only 15/20 on the traps. I still disagree with a couple of there answers where they are nit picking a potential issue and not even mentioning bigger issues that require immediate action of the rider.
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    I suppose that you put bread with you peanut butter, now that would be weird.....
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    Got an ice cream place right near my house that does a great peanut butter chocolate Malt. One of my favorites.
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    Hey RR There is a HF just a few blocks from me with a DQ just around the corner.......... Just sayin..........
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    I wonder if this might work? http://www.yakima.com/racks/cargo/boxes/product/8007184/skybox-21.aspx Just slap it onto an HF trailer, splash on some white or light color paint to help it stay cool, add a few lights and be done. It will be a tight fit for what all I want to put in there but it would sure save a lot of work. Cost might be close to building from scratch too. The only big thing I see glaring by its absence anywhere in the advertising are the words "water tight". Hmmmmm..........
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    I have had grate luck with this device for finding intermittent issues. http://www.davisnet.com/drive/products/carchip_products.asp It plugs into the OBDII port and monitors the engine while you drive, When a code is generated it takes a snapshot of the engine parameters to help see just what was happening at that moment in time, it will also tell you exactly where in the drive cycle (Time and distance since start) you were. Another feature is its ability to monitor driving habits like hard acceleration and hard breaking. great for kids. It will also tell you if they unplugged it to hide what they are doing. Being an '02, how many miles are on the plugs, wires, etc.... Good luck, I hate intermittent issues.
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    That would get some looks..... The tail could easily handle any towing speed since the plane has a top speed of 170 MPH in level flight. The problem would be the wing tip also hanging out the back. But it was an interesting thought.
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    Yes 96 is long, I was thinking of slanting all of the sides for better wind survivability. I do not think I would try to pull this much more than about 100 miles. Any farther than that and I will probably want to take the RV and plan to spend the night.
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    Jet fuel is much less of a bomb than that gasoline between your legs or in the back seat.... Actually one of my intended destinations to fly is only a couple of miles from your house. Near Lost Arrow RD and Hickory RD.
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